Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1887-07-08
FRIDAY, JULY Sth.
GRAPHICS.

Warm
Growing weather.
Every part of the county has
had an abundance of rain.
The selfbinders are making short
work of the excellent oat crop.
A great many of our people
spent the Fourth at Brashear.
Joseph Douglass has placed a
new side walk around his lumber
shed.
B.W. Ross sold lots l and 2 in
Railroad addition, July It'll. to
Frank Soles.
Xix gives the next storm period
from the 10th to the 10th of July,
then fair till the Goth with storms
23d oath and 18th.
Focht Bros, South side, keep
the purest candies, and the best
bread and cakes. Their restau-
rant is the place to secure an ele-
CANT lunch.
There will be a meeting of the
Boar'l of Regents for this Normal
School district July 18th. This
announcement is gratis.
If the outer membrane from
mutton chops be carefully pulled
off previous TO broiling the chops,
there will be no strong woody
favor.
The Ely-Northcutt meeting at
Memphis continued twelve days
and resulted in twenty additions,
among whom were several promi-
nent men of the town.
Sixty self binders have been
sold in kirksville. the present sea-
son. This is by far the largest
sale ever reached in single season.
Brashear and Willard have also
sold large number.
The plans of school buildings
off. S. Allen, Joliet, Ills, have
been accepted by our School board.
He guarantees the cost of the
buildings to be not greater than
$4,000
The work on Mr.. Forests con-
tract east of LaPlata is now al
most ready for the ties. 1t is
thought that the entire road bed
of the Atchison will be ready for
the ties by the first of November.
The Normal catalogues will need
some repairing before distribution
and have been boxed up t. await
further orders. 1t is not known
when they will be distributed, but
it is probable not for some time.
Considering that Kirksville fur
nished speakers and visitors for
number of places, the celebration
here was quite good. The crowd
was orderly and every one was in
agood humor. The small boy en-
loyed himself immensely.
At special term of court, Tues
day, Douglass Brown of Walnut
township was tried for petit larcc-
ny and fined S25 and costs. He was
also given an additional fine of
SO and costs for carrying con-
eealed weapons. Failing to pay
fines and costs he went to jail.
If the person that took by mis-
take gold handled silk umbrella
from the New York store one day
last week, will return it no ques-
tons will be asked, but if it is not
returned they will get in trouble
as they are known.
1t was currently reported last
Friday, that William Prentice,
late of this county, but now of
hh.oxie, Kansas, died suddenly
Thursday evening. We are glad
to report that it is mistake and
that MIR. Prentice is rapidly re-
GOV ring from severe attack of
Sickness. This GRAPHIC will in
form him that he is still living.
MIR. Samuel Russell who has
0een at his sheep ranch near West
Grove, To-, for some time oversee
Ing the shearing of his sheep and
marketing his wool, returned
nome last Saturday evening. He
sold his entire clip of 1900 fieeces
OF yOOO lbs, to the Amana Society
Oh Iowa county To-, at 80 cts. pei
pound. Mr.. Russell is one of the
most successful breeders of the
american Merino, in the state Of
iowa, and the price obtained fol
MS wool this season, when ordi.
nary wool is selling at 25cts pei
poand' demonstrates the fact thai
neeping scrub sheep does mo-
pay the farmer.